Puck Daddy

As he often does, Parise led the way for the Minnesota Wild, contributing 2 goals and an assist in their 7-4 win over the Dallas Stars. His first goal was a great effort, as he batted the puck out of mid-air:

The win, Minnesota's sixth in a row, put them back on top of the Northwest division.

Since being converted to forward, Brent Burns has 7 points in 7 games. Two of those points came in Monday night's 5-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks, where Burns had the game's first goal and an assist later on.

Did You Know? Minnesota's win was their first in Dallas, the city that stole their last hockey team, in a decade.

Dishonourable mention: The hockey gods, who were so unimaginative they allowed pretty much every game to end 3-2 tonight... Erics Nystrom and Cole were both a minus-3 for Dallas... Toronto led a two-goal lead slip away in Boston... Kyle Turris hit the post twice with the same shot. Way to blow it, Kyle.